Phil Ohman

Phil Ohman

Phil Ohman (born October 7, 1896 in New Britain, Connecticut) was a American film composer.

Real name Fillmore Wellington Ohman, he is remembered as being one half of one of the pre-eminent piano duos in the 1920s and 1930s, paired with Victor Arden. They were the pit pianists in many of George Gershwin's musicals, and recorded hundreds of piano rolls and records.

Compositions include:
*Million Dollar Weekend (1948)
*Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (1946)
*The Roundup (1941)
*Captain Caution (1940)
*The Renegade Trail (1939)

Later life

Ohman died August 8, 1954 in Santa Monica, California.

External links

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